and development density lead to socioeconomic space discontinuities. In the "spherical" model all subareas are … characterized by coordinates on some "basic" spherical surface. The basic "air" distance between them can thus be identified … distances from the centre of the sphere. Thus connections longer or shorter than the basic distance are to be found on an other …

This paper assesses the role of distance in professional team sports, taking the example of football (soccer). We argue … that a team's performance in terms of scored and conceded goals decreases with the distance to the foreign playing venue … Deutsche Bundesliga') between the playing seasons 1986-87 and 2006-07. We find that distance increases a guest team …

This paper assesses the role of distance in professional team sports, taking the example of football (soccer). We argue … that a team's performance in terms of scored and conceded goals decreases with the distance to the foreign playing venue … Deutsche Bundesliga') between the playing seasons 1986-87 and 2006-07. We find that distance contributes significantly in …

driven by institutional factors. On the other hand, geographical distance became less relevant for M&As for the entire time …

dimensions of distance shaping R and D collaborations in Europe and the US during the time period 1999 to 2009. We take a … investigate how the collaboration intensity between regions has been influenced by spatial, technological, and cultural distance …

of interest from distance to proximity, which is essential in our understanding for new knowledge creation and innovation … in cities while the importance of distance is decreasing (Boschma, 2005). Economic geographers also claim that innovation … analyse spatial distribution of OSN activity. Our research questions address both the effects of distance and settlement size …

-spatial dimensions of access to healthcare together. Spatial dimension emphasizes importance of the distance whereas non … relationship between supply characteristics and travel time / travel distance accepted and realized for going to hospital in … generally as ?30 minutes', which turns out to be parallel with the survey results. However, the realized travel distance …

While the question of the specification of spatial weight matrix is now largely discussed in the spatial econometrics … literature, the definition of distance has attracted less attention. The choice of the distance measure is often glossed over …, with the ultimate use of the Euclidean distance. This paper investigates this issue in the case of establishments locating …